The legal theory of inherited jurisdiction holds that when two companies merge, the successor corporation “inherits” the predecessor’s status for personal jurisdiction purposes. Thus, if the predecessor was subject to jurisdiction in New York, so is the successor, irrespective of the successor’s contacts (or lack thereof) with the New York […]
White Plains, NY (May 11, 2023) – Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has hired Corey Briskin, a seasoned and highly credentialed trial attorney who served as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau and New York Counties and, most recently, as a federal law clerk to the […]
Russell Yankwitt and Yankwitt LLP honored at the awards dinner on April 25, 2023 White Plains, New York (May 1, 2023) — Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, was awarded the coveted Business Council of Westchester Hall of Fame Award for Small Business Success. The firm […]
Consolidation under CPLR 602(a) allows for multiple actions that involve common questions of fact and law to be merged under the same caption. The procedural tool is intended to avoid unnecessary duplication of trials, save on costs, and prevent injustice that may result from divergent decisions on the same facts. […]
The firm ranks in the top 10 also for the third year White Plains, NY (April 24, 2023) — Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has been named to the Best Companies to Work for in New York for the third year in a row. […]
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